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THE 13th ANNUAL KOKORO CRAFT SHOW IS NOV. 1-15 ONLINE BOUTIQUE ORGANIZED BY VOLUNTEERS FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2021年10月25日

LOS ANGELES - The annual Kokoro Craft Show is back for 2021 as an online boutique for the second year. The event will feature more than 60 vendors selling a wide range of items. “Year after year, our dedicated Kokoro volunteers work long hours to organize this craft show to assist JANM. Their enthusiasm and can-do spirit – even through the pandemic – is a wonderful demonstration of their support and commitment,” s...

Educators Workshop—Teaching Hayami & Okubo

2021年10月23日

Join JANM Education department in celebrating two important Japanese American artists featured in the museum’s newest exhibits A Life in Pieces: the Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami and Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13360. Both artists recorded groundbreaking chronicles of their lives in camp, shining light on the first person experiences of Japanese American incarcerees. Teachers and educators a...

Outdoor Screening—City of Ghosts

2021年10月22日

FREE Join us for a special, family friendly outdoor screening of City of Ghosts! A conversation with creator Elizabeth Ito, director and writer Ako Castuera, and episode stars Atomic Nancy, Zen Sekizawa, Honor Calderon, Tina Calderon, and Jessa Calderon telling stories related to their histories and their communities will be held before the screening. About the Show: Featuring a charming blend of animated ch...

Setsuko’s Secret: Transformational Stories

2021年10月21日

FREE RSVP TO ATTEND IN PERSON CLICK TO WATCH THE LIVESTREAM Please join for an exciting conversation about Setsuko’s Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration. Author Shirley Ann Higuchi, J.D., chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, will share her painful transformational journey researching and writing about her family’s history and the Japanese American incar...

STATEMENT: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM WELCOMES PUBLIC APOLOGY AND POSTHUMOUS HONORARY DEGREES TO FORMER 1940s USC STUDENTS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY

2021年10月19日

LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) welcomes the decision by the University of Southern California (USC) to issue a public apology, and grant honorary degrees posthumously to former students of Japanese ancestry who were enrolled at the college but who were forced to leave when they and their families were incarcerated during World War II. After the war, most did not return to USC and were r...

Screening and Q&A—Paper Chase

2021年10月16日

FREE Please note there are two screening times: Saturday, October 16 | 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (PDT) Saturday, October 16 | 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. (PDT) Join us for the premiere showing of Zentoku Foundation's new documentary, Paper Chase: Japanese American History Through the Lens of Vernacular Newspapers. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. About the Film: Paper Chase explor...

FREE Fall Day!

2021年10月16日

Celebrate fall and the reopening of our neighborhood with JANM and other community organizations! On October 16, 2021, JANM will be open for FREE to the public as part of the Haunted Little Tokyo festivities. Reservations in advance are still recommended. Special spooky activities to be announced. Plus, check out our partners at East West Players as they launch This Alley is Haunted, a one day FREE immersive site-...

Screening and Q&A —The Race Epidemic: Resurgence of the Yellow Peril

2021年10月14日

FREE ($20 Suggested Donation) This screening is currently SOLD OUT. If you would like to be added to a wait list to be alerted if tickets become available or are interested in seating in the overflow screening space, please email publicprograms@janm.org. Join Representative Mark Takano, CA State Treasurer John Chiang, and John Kobara (JANM Board of Governors) in a conversation emcee'd by Fox 11 An...

Tea & Letter Writing: letters to ghosts

2021年10月06日

$10 Suggested Donation Gather with us in the comfort of your own home to share tea and conversation in this virtual program! This month we’ll be exploring ghosts, hauntings, and memories. Join traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM, and Mya Worrell, zine maker and writer, for creative zine making and writing. Make yourself a cup of tea, get comfortable, and join us online for thi...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES HONOREES FOR 2018 GALA DINNER

2018年01月25日

Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will hold its annual Gala Dinner and Silent Auction on April 21, 2018, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles. The evening’s theme will be Service to Democracy and the honorees will be Senator Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaii and political activist Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga. Both women will receive the museum’s Award of Excellence. “Senator Hirono and Aik...